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Photo, Print, Drawing View of Saint Thomas in America with the Citadel Fort Christian. Prospect von Sct. Thomas in America -- und Citadelle Christians Fort

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Title

  • View of Saint Thomas in America with the Citadel Fort Christian.

Other Title

  • Prospect von Sct. Thomas in America -- und Citadelle Christians Fort

Summary

  • This colored drawing by an anonymous artist is a view of the Danish settlement on the island of Saint Thomas (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands) as it appeared in the 18th century. The settlement was established in 1672 by the Danish West India Company. Denmark claimed the nearby island of Saint John in 1683 and purchased the island of Saint Croix from France in 1733. The three islands became a Danish royal colony in 1754. The colony prospered as the import of slaves made possible a profitable plantation economy, and the harbor of Saint Thomas became a center of Caribbean commerce. The left side of the drawing shows Fort Christian, named after King Christian V, which was built by the Danes in 1666--80 to protect the harbor and defend the Danish settlements. Denmark sold the islands to the United States in 1917, but retained Greenland as its other and much larger possession in the Western hemisphere.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1700 to 1799]

Headings

  • -  Denmark
  • -  United States of America--U.S. Virgin Islands--Saint Thomas
  • -  1700 to 1799
  • -  Denmark--Colonies
  • -  Fort Christian (Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands)
  • -  Forts and fortifications
  • -  Villages

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 drawing ; 22.6 x 102 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Royal Library (The), Denmark.
  • -  Content in German.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670538

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

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Chicago citation style:

View of Saint Thomas in America with the Citadel Fort Christian. U.S. Virgin Islands Denmark United States of America Saint Thomas, 1700. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1799] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670538/.

APA citation style:

(1700) View of Saint Thomas in America with the Citadel Fort Christian. U.S. Virgin Islands Denmark United States of America Saint Thomas, 1700. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1799] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670538/.

MLA citation style:

View of Saint Thomas in America with the Citadel Fort Christian. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1799] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670538/>.